The Routledge Handbook of Volunteering in Events, Sport and Tourism

Kirsten Holmes is a Professor at Curtin University, Australia, and is an international expert in volunteering in events, sport and tourism contexts. She has written extensively on volunteering within events, tourism and more generally. Kirsten's research has been funded by the Australian and UK Governments; the Australian Research Council; and the International Olympic Committee. She is currently investigating the event legacies of the Olympic Games 1988-2000 for the International Olympic Committee. She is currently Chair of the Council for Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) and a member of Volunteering Western Australia's research committee. She also has expertise in developing sustainable events and festivals and is the lead author of the Routledge textbook?Events and sustainability?(2015).Leonie Lockstone-Binney is an Associate Professor in and Research Director for the Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management at Griffith University, Australia. Leonie's research relates to event and tourism volunteering having published over 70 peer-reviewed articles and received competitive research funding from the Australian Research Council and the International Olympic Committee. Leonie is Associate Editor of the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management and has roles on the editorial boards of Event Management, the International Journal of Event and Festival Management and Frontiers in Sports and Active Living.Karen A. Smith is Professor of Tourism Management in the Wellington School of Business and Government at Te Heranga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Karen's research concerns volunteers and their management in the tourism and events sectors, and more broadly in non-profit organisations and employer-supported volunteering.??Karen is a past-Chair of Volunteering New Zealand and was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to education and volunteering. Richard Shipway is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sport and Event Management at Bournemouth University, UK. His research interests focus on sport tourism, Olympic studies, the impacts and legacies of international sport events, crisis and disaster?management?for sport, volunteering at mega sports events, and sport ethnography. His?previous?work has explored a series of Olympic related research themes?ranging from resident perception studies to Olympic tourism. Richard's other research interests are linked to the experiences of endurance athletes, most notably distance runners?and cyclists. He is the Regional Editor (Europe) for the International Journal of Event and Festival Management (IJEFM) and?Reviews?and Commentaries Editor?for the Journal of Sport and Tourism.??Since 2010 Richard has served?on the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)'s high profile Peer Review College, refereeing grant proposals within social sciences.?